Loved it! Arrived early evening Monday 10 August and let into the flat - first impressions were it was 'very Italian' and we were right! It is not a five star apartment with a swimming pool but it is a lovely homely two bed-roomed apartment. By the end of the week we wanted to buy it! Locally there is a very good Bakery, Pizzeria, Roast Chicken shop and a little supermarket. We ate most evenings in Il Tartufo restaurant which was exceptionally good and only two minutes walk away. The apartment has everything needed for a beach holiday including extra beach towns, wind breakers and chairs. We used the beach at The Grand Fagiano Hotel , five minutes walk away - the beach is perfect and the water beautiful. Although on the outskirts of the town it is well away from the hustle and bustle and a perfect retreat. The owner was fantastic, communications brilliant and nothing was too much trouble. Will be back, plan to be regulars!

I have to say, staying here was a brilliant choice. This was my second time in the flat, having stayed there from July-August the previous year, and both times I couldn't have wished for more. The weather was fantastic (even for October/November) and I got to go to the beach and swim in the sea, all the while thinking about how everyone I knew must be freezing back in the UK! The flat itself was so nice: everything I needed was there and it was very comfortable. It was also great value for money compared to other summer rental flats in that area of Italy. All in all, I would thoroughly recommend staying here, as both on and off season it's a fantastic experience.

We went to a beautiful wedding right on the beach in Formia on 3 September so we found this apartment close-by. The apartment is clean, well equipped, comfortable and cool (not all Italian apartments have air conditioning; this one does and it was greatly appreciated). Formia train station is a short bus ride away so we didn’t need to hire a car and that saved us money and kept us safe (neither of us would have been comfortable driving in Italy). The owner is really helpful; she advised us on possible excursions and timings and where to go and eat in the Formia area. One of the highlights for me was the time we spent at an incredible private beach resort which the owner secured for us at a really low rate; had we paid the full amount it would have come to more than we paid for this apartment for an entire week. That alone is recommendation enough I think. Go for it, you won’t regret it I assure you.

I stayed in this flat in the beautiful area of Formia last summer. The flat itself was a great place to stay - very peaceful, air-conditioned which was useful as Italy is so hot in the summer, very comfortable and clean, only a short walk from the beach, the shops and the centre of Formia which is a very vibrant and exciting place to be with a lot going on, live music, shops open late etc. Formia station is also nearby, walkable or accessible by bus and so I could take trips into Rome or Naples. Lucia Mazzeo, who rented us the flat, was very helpful and even provided us with a suggested itinerary of excursions and places to eat in the evening. As a result, we had several lovely meals overlooking the sea and benefited from Lucia's excellent knowledge of the area. The beach near the flat is fantastic too, the water is very clean and if we did not want to pay for a sunbed and parasol on a private beach, there is a public beach where we could bring our own chairs and parasol etc. We spent a few days at a paying beach lido which was lovely and had a pool and again this was in walking distance of the flat. Overall a really wonderful stay and I would highly recommend this flat to anyone. Food was lovely, days out were great and the flat had everything we needed. Grazie tanto!